The general argument made by Dale J. Stephans in his work "The Case Against College," is that college is more a burden in the long run, rather than a helpful necessity. More specifically, Stephans argues that students coming out of college are coming out with debt, less creativity and a desire to find a job quick. He writes, "Instead of sitting in class, unschoolers create their education from the world by finding mentors, taking college classes only when they want to, starting businesses and learning collaboratively." In this passage, Stephans is suggesting that there are more opportunities for success outside of college by digging into your creativity. In conclusion, Stepthans' belief is that college is holding us back from incredible successes.
In my view Dale Stephans has some legitimacy to his beliefs, because students do have to follow a given curriculum rather then creating their own. More specifically, I believe that standardized testing in high school is what ultimately kills creativity. In college students can pick the paths they want to take. For example,students are prepped in high school for these tests where instead they should be able to explore different fields. Although Stephans might object that high school is actually what kills creativity, I maintain that it does. Therefor, I conclude, that kids are in fact losing creativity in our education system, but in the high school level rather then college.
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